diff --git a/sympy/utilities/lambdify.py b/sympy/utilities/lambdify.py
index b3c39c1db6..5c3bc394d1 100644
--- a/sympy/utilities/lambdify.py
+++ b/sympy/utilities/lambdify.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ def lambdify(args, expr, modules=None, printer=None, use_imps=True,
         namespaces.append(modules)
     else:
         # consistency check
-        if 'numexpr' in modules and len(modules) > 1:
+        if _module_present('numexpr', modules) and len(modules) > 1:
             raise TypeError("numexpr must be the only item in 'modules'")
         namespaces += list(modules)
     # fill namespace with first having highest priority
@@ -342,8 +342,8 @@ def lambdify(args, expr, modules=None, printer=None, use_imps=True,
         for term in syms:
             namespace.update({str(term): term})
 
-    if 'numexpr' in namespaces and printer is None:
-        #XXX: This has to be done here because of circular imports
+    if _module_present('numexpr', namespaces) and printer is None:
+        # XXX: This has to be done here because of circular imports
         from sympy.printing.lambdarepr import NumExprPrinter as printer
 
     # Get the names of the args, for creating a docstring
@@ -406,6 +406,16 @@ def _issue_7853_dep_check(namespaces, namespace, expr):
                 "supplying `modules=[{'ImmutableMatrix': numpy.matrix}, "
                 "'numpy']`.", issue=7853).warn()
 
+
+def _module_present(modname, modlist):
+    if modname in modlist:
+        return True
+    for m in modlist:
+        if hasattr(m, '__name__') and m.__name__ == modname:
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
 def _get_namespace(m):
     """
     This is used by _lambdify to parse its arguments.
diff --git a/sympy/utilities/tests/test_lambdify.py b/sympy/utilities/tests/test_lambdify.py
index ad3ffccace..0b5837a975 100644
--- a/sympy/utilities/tests/test_lambdify.py
+++ b/sympy/utilities/tests/test_lambdify.py
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ def test_numpy_translation_abs():
     assert f(-1) == 1
     assert f(1) == 1
 
+
 def test_numexpr_printer():
     if not numexpr:
         skip("numexpr not installed.")
@@ -180,6 +181,19 @@ def test_numexpr_printer():
         f = lambdify(args, ssym(*args), modules='numexpr')
         assert f(*(1, )*nargs) is not None
 
+
+def test_issue_9334():
+    if not numexpr:
+        skip("numexpr not installed.")
+    if not numpy:
+        skip("numpy not installed.")
+    expr = sympy.S('b*a - sqrt(a**2)')
+    a, b = sorted(expr.free_symbols, key=lambda s: s.name)
+    func_numexpr = lambdify((a, b), expr, modules=[numexpr], dummify=False)
+    foo, bar = numpy.random.random((2, 4))
+    func_numexpr(foo, bar)
+
+
 #================== Test some functions ============================